Anyone who originate up wear upon out their VHS written matter of 1992’sThe Muppet Christmas Carolis definitely familiar with “ When Love Is hold up , ” the regret - tinged duet blab out byEbenezer Scrooge(Michael Caine ) and his one - time fiancée , Belle ( Meredith Braun ) . If you ’ve only ever seen the motion picture on idiot box or DVD , you might have no idea what we ’re talking about .
Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg was upset that kids would n’t infer the excited complexity of the ballad , so he convinced film director Brian Henson ( son ofJim Henson ) to sheer it from the version of the flick released in theater . Though it was supposed to make it into other edition of the film , it only ever ended up on theVHSversion ; by the timeDVDscame into play , Disneycould only locate the cinematic master , which they used to create all subsequent acquittance .
Henson , for his part , never stopped hoping the original master would turn up . “ They ’re still searching . I call them like every month to take if they ’re still looking , ” hetoldThe Big Issuein 2018 . “ One of these mean solar day they ’ll find it . ”
Now , grant tothe BBC , they in conclusion have . experience how significant the hunt was to Henson , the Disney staff resolve to storm him with the news last month during a cover forThe Muppet Christmas Carol , remastered in 4K.
“ [ I ] went down and they allege , ‘ But before we show it to you , we ’ve stupefy something else we desire to show you . ’ And they put up reel four ofChristmas Carolwith ‘ When Love Is Gone , ’ ” Henson expose onThe Muppets at Christmas : It ’s Time To trifle The Music , a BBC wireless special airing December 25 . “ I was like , ‘ No , you did not ! ’ and they say , ‘ Yes we did ! We find it ! ’ I was so happy , I was so glad . ”
Henson confirm that Disney plans to release the restored film onDisney+sometime in the near future , though it ’s unreadable if it ’ll happen in time for aChristmas Dayrewatch . In the interim , you may replay the full conniption on YouTube as many times as you want .
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